香港政府
GIS 新聞處
DAILY INFORMATION BULLETIN
SUNDAY, DECEMBER 22, 1974
SALES OF GOVERNMENT PUBLICATIONS UP BY 70 PER CENT
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SALES OF GOVERNMENT PUBLICATIONS HAVE GONE UP BY SOME 70 PER CENT IN VALUE BETWEEN APRIL AND OCTOBER THIS YEAR AS COMPARED WITH THE CORRESPONDING PERIOD IN 1973.
UP TO THE END OF OCTOBER 1974, THE TOTAL SALES FOR THIS SEVEN- MONTH PERIOD AMOUNTED TO $1.8 MILLION, $742,000 MORE THAN LAST YEAR.
THIS WAS ONE OF SEVERAL ACHIEVEMENTS MADE BY THE SALE OF GOVERNMENT PUBLICATIONS OFFICE IN RECENT MONTHS. THE OFFICE WAS TAKEN OVER FROM THE GOVERNMENT. PRINTER BY THE INFORMATION SERVICES DEPARTMENT IN APRIL THIS YEAR.
+OUR AIM IS TO CONDUCT THE SALES OF PUBLICATIONS IN A MORE SYSTEMATIC MANNER, AND SO IMPROVE RELATIONS WITH OUR RETAILERS WHILE BOOSTING SALES AT THE SAME TIME, SAID A SPOKESMAN TODAY.
DURING THE PAST MONTHS, 38 NEW RETAIL OUTLETS FOR GOVERNMENT PUBLICATIONS HAVE BEEN SET UP IN VARIOUS PARTS OF HONG KONG BRINGING THE TOTAL OF RETAILERS TO OVER 60. THESE NEW OUTLETS INCLUDE LOBBY BOOKSHOPS IN 14 BIG HOTELS ON BOTH SIDES OF THE HARBOUR, INFORMATION COUNTERS OF MAJOR COMMERCIAL FIRMS AND ESTABLISHMENTS AND DEPARTMENT STORES.
SALES ALSO GET A BOOST FROM DISPLAY BOARDS, CASES AND STANDS MOUNTED IN LEADING HOTELS AND OTHER PUBLIC PLACES.
THE SPOKESMAN POINTED OUT THAT IN ADDITION TO GOVERNMENT PUBLICATIONS, BOOKS FROM LOCAL PUBLISHERS SUCH AS HONG KONG UNIVERSITY AND CHINESE UNIVERSITY HAD BEEN ACQUIRED FOR SALE AT THE PUBLICATIONS CENTRE AT THE STAR FERRY CONCOURSE.
+SINCE AUGUST THIS YEAR, WE HAVE BECOME THE OFFICIAL EXCLUSIVE DISTRIBUTOR FOR O.E.C.D. (ORGANISATION FOR ECONOMIC CO-OPERATION AND DEVELOPMENT) PUBLICATIONS,+ HE SAID.
IN ADDITION, POPULAR TITLES FROM HER MAJESTY'S STATIONERY OFFICE (H.M.S.O. THE BRITISH GOVERNMENT PUBLISHER AND ONE OF
THE LARGEST IN THE WORLD ARE SOLD AT THE CENTRE.
CATALOGUES OF BOTH THE O.E.C.D. AND H.M.S.O., LISTING HUNDREDS OF OTHER TITLES NOT ON DISPLAY, ARE ALSO AVAILABLE FOR INSPECTION.
/+STAFF AT THE
Issued by Government Information Services, Beaconsfield House, Hong Kong. Tel: 5-233191
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